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Baby on board signs for the car - Yay or nay?
mrsmoose
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So my husband and I had this discussion last night, i'm currently 5 months pregnant and we were discussing what we still needed to buy before our new arrival. He said one thing he definitely didn't want was a "Baby on board" sign in the car because he thinks they are tacky.
Before I was pregnant i was in the mindset that having one of those signs wouldn't make an idiot behind you drive any better just because you have one of those signs so what's the point? But since becoming pregnant i've come round to the idea of having one.
Just wondered what the opinions of others were?
Did you have one, or did you refuse to buy one?
Before I was pregnant i was in the mindset that having one of those signs wouldn't make an idiot behind you drive any better just because you have one of those signs so what's the point? But since becoming pregnant i've come round to the idea of having one.
Just wondered what the opinions of others were?
Did you have one, or did you refuse to buy one?
Would you/did you have a "Baby on board" sign for your car 112 votes
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And nay to the badges for pregnant women london underground give out too
I have a line on DS thread Bingo!!
For what do we want or need to know?
It's yet more of the "I've dropped out a baby and so think I'm wonderful and so much better than people with no children."
Sad that that is their greatest achievement as mostly anyone can do it.
Stupid, tacky and pointless.
So no, there is no point in them.
On the other hand, why not? Even if they are just there to demonstrate pride and gratitude in this wonderful little person, that seems ok to me. If people feel so very sour and resentful because they do not share this pride and gratitude, perhaps they could fix something equivalent to their own back windows. A statement from an investment company perhaps, showing how much money they have.
"Money on Board" might attract thieves and other highway bandits.
I hate to say but I think in the event if an accident paramedics wouldn't look for the dog, human life would be the priority
Plus they are to trained in animal care
I am extremely sympathetic to infertile people, and would help if I could. But there is no point in focusing on a five inch window sticker, when their feelings are harrowed on a daily basis by the sight of actual babies.
I am afraid I do think mothers have the right to show pride in their children even though it was luck, not skill and patience, that generally brought them into being, just people are allowed to feel pride in other biological accidents, such as a lovely voice, or the ability to run.
I just see them as an inert, twee novelty that some mums like to have on their cars as a kind of safety placebo.
You get "Prince/Princess on board" but the worst one was one I saw on two separate vehicles. It had stick-style pictures of a mother, father, son and daughter with the caption "Perfect Family On Board".
That would only be a valid use if you took it out every time you drove without the baby/ dog on board - most of the ones I've seen are permanently attached, so would waste the paramedics' time looking when there isn't a baby/ dog to be found.
I do resent the implication in these stickers that I should drive more carefully because the may be a baby in the car - I consider that I always drive safely and do not need to be reminded to do so. Those who don't drive carefully are unlikely to take any notice.
No doubt on a car driven by two white lesbians and a black kid, being the UK.
An alpha male in a BMW who likes to drive 12 inches behind the car in front at 80mph on the motorway MIGHT just have second thoughts when he sess a BOB sticker. He MIGHT just think what if it was my own wife and kid in the car in front, and it MIGHT make him back off slightly.
So for that reason I don't see any harm in them.
I'm not sure if seeing this would alter my driving style, but I'd be hard pressed not to vomit all down the back of their tailgate.
Oh, and I say this as someone who is also pregnant. I don't drive, but maybe I should consider getting a "baby on board" sign for the bus window?
When I had my last BMW I saw them as an invitation to overtake dangerously, knowing that the mum in her Zafira would be too busy dodging sick and half-eaten jelly tots to try and race me.